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Topeka, Kansas U.S. Education. Theology. Occupation. African Methodist Episcopal Pastor. Known for. Brown v. Board of Education. Oliver Leon Brown (August 2, 1918 – June 20, 1961) was an African-American welder who was the plaintiff in the landmark 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case Oliver Brown, et al. v. Board of Education of Topeka, et al.
They sued the Topeka Board of Education because an 1877 Kansas law gave districts in large cities the option of segregating their elementary schools. Like schools in small towns across the state ...
Kentucky (1908) Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), [1] was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality. The decision partially overruled the Court's 1896 ...
October 26, 1992. Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park was established in Topeka, Kansas, on October 26, 1992, by the United States Congress to commemorate the landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in the case Brown v. Board of Education aimed at ending racial segregation in public schools.
Local school board candidates who ran opposing critical race theory and mask mandates in schools won big on Election Day, signaling an abrupt shift in how many of these otherwise nonpartisan races ...
May 4, 1987. The Sumner Elementary School in Topeka, Kansas was involved in the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka case in 1954. Linda Brown's attempted enrollment to the Sumner School was rejected by the Topeka Board of Education, thus forcing her to attend the all-black Monroe School, which was farther away from her home.
Anita Wolgast. Children. 2. Alma mater. Kansas State University. University of Kansas. Larry E. Wolgast is an American politician who served as Mayor of Topeka, Kansas from 2013 to 2018. [1] He previously served as Kansas Secretary of Human Resources during the administration of Governor John W. Carlin. [2]
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